Treasury, Internal Rev. Chemist G.F. Beyer

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves.

Date from caption list.

Caption from caption list: Chemist G. G. Beyer, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, making the fuse oil test for coloring matter in a half pint bottle of a bootleggars ware. With the addition of fusel [i.e., fuse] oil the matter used to give whiskey color separates from the other ingredients.

Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.

This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.

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